On Feb 11, 2009, at 10:29 AM, nestamicky wrote:

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> Bruce Johnson wrote:
>> On Feb 11, 2009, at 8:26 AM, nestamicky wrote:
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>>>> BTW anyone know of a good way to download .swf files?
>>>>
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>> You mean like from Youtube and such?
>>
>> I've found that CosmoPod <http://www.cocoamug.com/cosmopod/> works
>> very well for me. It's been well worth the $10 or so it cost me.(it's
>> priced in euros, and the exchange rate's been fluctuating...)
>>
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> Thanks for that Bruce. Anyone, anyone with the skills and tools to get
> this video. I think if yes, I'd have found a way to get just about all
> the flash vids out there I'd like. Here is the challenge:
> http://www.bbc.co.uk/blogs/newsnight/fromthewebteam/2008/07/newsnight_wins_again.html

The Beeb is particularly difficult to get video from...I believe  
they're using some tortured flash techniques to offer ONLY streaming  
video, with no local cache to capture. They're also using their own  
player ID in there. I've never been successful getting BBC video.

-- 
Bruce Johnson
University of Arizona
College of Pharmacy
Information Technology Group

Institutions do not have opinions, merely customs



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